424 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 21 cm

Starting with their boyhood when fraternal disputes were sometimes settled in the boxing ring, this title takes you inside this highly private family and traces the evolution of these four distinct personalities as well as their corporate, philosophical, social and political ambitions (many forget David Koch ran as the Libertarian Party's VP candidate in 1980). Influenced by the conservative, anti-communist sentiments of their father, a founding member of the John Birch Society, Charles and David devised an ambitious strategy to foist their ideological agenda upon the nation-quietly channeling millions of dollars of their fortune into a web of freemarket think tanks, academic programs, advocacy groups, and more, while also building what amounts to a shadow Republican Party, replete with a donor network capable of raising as much in an election cycle as the Republican National Committee

Originally published in hardback, 2014

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-408) and index

1. Sons of Wichita -- 2. Stalin's Oil Man -- 3."The Dead Will Be the Lucky Ones" -- 4. May Day at MIT -- 5. Successor -- 6. Rise of the Kochtopus -- 7. The Divorce -- 8. Mighty Mary -- 9."My God, I'm Going to Die!" -- 10. The Art of War -- 11. There Will Be Blood -- 12. Planet Koch -- 13. Out of the Shadows -- 14. The Mother of All Wars -- 15. Legacy

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